Sumi Jo

Sumi Jo

Sumi Jo, OSI (조수미; born 22 November 1962) is a South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her Grammy award-winning interpretations of the bel canto repertoire. Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong [tɕo sʰuɡjʌŋ] in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities she never had, Jo's mother enrolled her in piano lessons at the age of 4 and later voice lessons at the age of 6. Although Jo's family lived in a rented property, her parents bought a piano for her to play. Her mother raised and trained Jo strictly. Jo recalled even when her mother went out, she locked the door outside so that Jo could not play truant. As a child, Jo would often spend up to eight hours a day studying music. In 1976, Jo entered the Sun Hwa Arts School from which she graduated in 1980, receiving dual diplomas in voice and piano. She entered the department of vocal music at the Seoul National University (SNU) with the best practical score since the department had opened. There she continued her music studies from 1981 to 1983. While studying at SNU, Jo made her professional recital debut, appeared in several concerts with the Korean Broadcasting System, and made her professional operatic debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Seoul Opera. In 1983, Jo left SNU in order to study at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. Among her teachers were Carlo Bergonzi and Giannella Borelli. While Jo studied in Italy, she was frequently heard in concert in Italian cities and on national radio broadcasts and telecasts. It was during this time when Jo began to use "Sumi" as her stage name in order to make her name more friendly to European language speakers who often found it difficult to pronounce Su-gyeong. She graduated in 1985 with majors in keyboard and voice. Following graduation, Jo began to study with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and won several international competitions in Seoul, Naples, Enna, Barcelona, and Pretoria. In August 1986, she was unanimously awarded first prize in the Carlo Alberto Cappelli International Competition in Verona, one of the world's most important contests, open only to first-prize winners of other major competitions. In 1986, Jo made her European operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste. This performance drew the attention of Herbert von Karajan, who proceeded to cast her as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera opposite Plácido Domingo for the 1989 Salzburg Festival. Karajan's death during festival rehearsals prevented Jo from actually singing on stage under his baton (Georg Solti conducted the performances) but she did sing under Karajan in the studio recording of Ballo, made in the early months of 1989 for Deutsche Grammophon. In 1988, Jo made her La Scala debut as Thetis in Niccolò Jommelli's Fetonte. That same year she made her debut with the Bavarian State Opera and sang Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro at the Salzburg Festival. ... Source: Article "Sumi Jo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Sumi Jo
  • Popularity: 1.734
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1962-11-22
  • Place of Birth: Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
  • Homepage: http://www.josumi.com
  • Also Known As: 조수미, Jo Su-mi, Cho Sumi
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Sumi Jo Movies

  • 1990
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    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    1 1990 HD

    Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène...

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  • 2015
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    Youth

    Youth

    6.9 2015 HD

    Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical...

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  • 1990
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    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    1 1990 HD

    Verdi - Un ballo in maschera / Domingo · Barstow · Quivar · Jo · Nucci · Rydl · Chaignaud · Wiener...

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  • 2012
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    John Adams: Nixon in China

    John Adams: Nixon in China

    7 2012 HD

    2012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.

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  • 2018
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    Loro

    Loro

    6.7 2018 HD

    Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the...

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  • 2018
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    You Quiz On The Block

    You Quiz On The Block

    7.7 2018 HD

    Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program...

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  • 2022
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    Take 1

    Take 1

    6 2022 HD

    Renowned musicians pull out all the stops to give a song of their choice the greatest live performance they can muster — and all in a single...

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  • 2018
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    Conversation with Hee Yeol

    Conversation with Hee Yeol

    10 2018 HD

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  • 2009
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    You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

    You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

    6.778 2009 HD

    You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook is a Korean pop music program that is both a talk show and live music show. The host of this program is You Hee-yeol, also...

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  • 2013
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    Home Alone

    Home Alone

    6.8 2013 HD

    It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the...

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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